Welcome Simvar, but Scamp is suppose to be sitting in the chair and Scooby should be looking at him from INSIDE the door. Not the other way around. :cool:

Pretty Boy!!

Simvar is beautiful!!!

OrliFanatic~ I was just gifted a huge aquarium. It's 24" wide x 24" tall x 12" deep. That is 61cm x 61cm. I am trying to decide what all I want to put in it. Any suggestions? It's on a big wooden stand with a cabinet below.

Lil, did it come with a heater? If not, goldfish are best in cold water, but if you have a heater, there's a wide wonderful world of tropical fish available, far too many to list here. Once you decide which fish you like, it's important to find a knowledgeable person that can tell you which are compatible, & more importantly, non-compatible...I had to find out the hard way that some of the prettiest, most angelic-looking fish are born fin-nippers :bite: :yikes:

Heya Lil

24" long (2ft or 61cm)
24" High (2ft or 61cm)
12" wide (1ft or 30.5cm)

That makes it 113.5litre tank or approx 30gal

Coolwater fish
Don't get comet goldfish, the tank would be borderline for 3 fancy ones though.
White cloud minnows in a nice planted tank

Tropical fish ~ heater required
With the height the tank has, 4 Angelfish, 2 bristlenose cats & maybe some nice tetras (not neons, they are small and adult angels will eat them) would look nice, tank planted with Val (will grow tall) and some anubias & java fern on driftwood. Angels prefer soft water (rainwater)

Any of the livebearers, platys, swordtails, mollies, guppies, they make for nice flashy colour, they will breed like rabbits, but they eat their own young, so not many survive to adulthood. These are very hardy type fish.

Some simple easy to care for plants are, Java fern, Anubias, Elodea and Val <---These will survive in low light.
If the tank has some sort of lighting you may be able to get some of the crypts and swords species.

It has a light and I think a heater. I'd love to have something that makes babies so I can feed them to my turtle :p

*LOL*. Then the livebearers are for you. The females are pretty much constantly preggers

:thumbs: Orli

Livebearers were always my fav when I was a fishkeeper, at 1st it was Black Mollies, then I got into some very pretty guppies, delta tails & such. Most of the livebearers (or their ancestors) are native to the US east coast, & will thrive in the hard water that's probably in Lil's area. If you want to give the babies a fighting chance, there's floating breeding grass (artificial) that gives them a place to hide...& if you're like me, you'll get a 2nd tank for a nursery ;) Best bet is to find a good pet shop that specializes in fish & such, often there's a guy/gal behind the counter that's a fish nut, just waiting to dispense advice to a newbie. Sometimes such places will accept baby fish in trade for some supplies.

If you can get some Java moss (another very easy plant), the survival rate of fry will be much higher, they can hide in it and the adults cant get to them *L*

Being as where you are Lil it gets warmer, you could get a bath or cheap pond and throw the fry into that to grow out some before being fed to ya turtle. The larger the area they have to grow out in the quicker they will do it.

Thanks for the good ideas. I'm going to write down the plant names to take with me. I really want to do live plants if possible. I can not do them in the turtle tank because he eats them all.

Filter :rolleyes2

UPDATES:

5ft tank
Bilbo suprised me with a cannister filter for it!!!
I've bought some new plants and fish for it

Meet Grayson


Angelus


& the 2 new clown loaches


Some group pics

Nosette (Mrs Bristlenose)


Spike (Mr Bristlenose)

2ft tank

The goldfish have been rehomed, so now this tank is empty and has become my newest project. Pics will come as it progresses, but at this stage i am still gathering all the goodies for it. This tank will be a plant tank rather than a fish tank *LOL* in other words, mainly plants with a splash of fish just for flashy colour.

So far i have:
The tank (naturally *L*)
Black background sheet (AU$7)
The filter (already owned)
The light (already owned)
The CO2 (given free from lfs to try out)
The plant substrate (AU$30) ~ JBL AquaBasics

To come
Plant tube for light (AU$15)
The driftwood (AU$25, on order) ~ 2 small pieces
Rocks (AU$5 -$10) ~ petrified wood type
Topping gravel (AU$10) ~ colour undecided as yet
Plants (price varies depending on type)
Fish ~ will be a school of small fish, tetras, blue-eyes or such.